What NIBRS data shows about property crime trends
Since the FBI retired its old summary counts, incident-based records have offered a sharper view of burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft — if readers know what the transition broke.
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How clearance rates are calculated, and why they often mislead
The FBI's clearance rate counts a case as solved on much looser terms than most readers assume, and the arithmetic behind it rewards paperwork as much as investigation.